Star-Crossed Myth: The Divine Fate (Book One)

Dui, The Split Personality: Story 6

A Few Days Later

After some time passes and major convincing, Scorpio gives me his permission, thus beginning to visit Dui on my days off.

However, Scorpio's only condition is that I don't do anything dangerous.

"Pfft, do something dangerous, like what?" I scoff at the thought as I walk down the hallway of the gods' mansion.

I arrive at Dui's door and I hesitate when I raise my fist against the door. Taking a calm breath in, I finally knock.

"Dui, it's me, uh, Abbey." I say kindly.

And of course, there's no answer.

I puff out my cheeks, determined to make this work, and so I knock again.

"Dui, I know you're in there." I say more loudly.

I wait, and after a little while he gives me only a short reply.

"...I told you to leave me alone." He says quietly.

I sigh, feeling a smile on my face when finally hearing his voice.

Okay...not a bad start, but not a good one either. At least it's progress.... right?

"Yeah, well I've always been stubborn like that." I cheekily say. "Besides I couldn't pass up the chance to bring you these delicious-looking cherries. If you want, we can share them?"

I reach into my messenger bag and reveal a bag of cherries, but I hear no response from Dui on the other side.

I dramatically sigh loud of enough for him to hear. "Fine, fine...but I'll leave them here for you." I pause waiting, and still no answer. "Well, enjoy. Bye." I, for some reason, wave to the door and take my leave once placing the cherries in front of his door.

I make it half way down the hallway when I hear the door opening with a quiet click.

I'm startled and slowly turn around from where I stand. "...Dui?" I softly call him.

He stands there, avoiding eye contact, not saying a word.

I examine him, noticing that even though it's been a while since we last seen each other, I notice that he looks a little-worn out.

I point my finger to the bag of cherries and speak to him with a smile. "I put them there for you."

Dui doesn't say a word, only opens his door and retreats into his room without saying a word. His door is left open.

Does...does that mean I can go in?

I look down the hallway, then back to Dui's room. I cautiously approach his door again, peeking my head between the gap of the door frame and the door.

Dui stands in his room, his line of sight casts to the floor, his words are quiet when he speaks. "Abbey... aren't you afraid of me?"

My eyes widened, as I blink a couple times, puzzled by the question. "Huh?"

I make my way inside his room, standing only a few feet away from him.

Dui finally lifts his head to look me in the eye. "Are you okay with being alone with me like this?"

The look on his face and his words are a little cold, but even I can see past the façade and see there's a sadness in his eyes that make me refuse to leave, and not to give up on him.

I take another step closer. "I'm afraid."

Dui looks upset by my words.

"I'm afraid... about what happened. Dui, you're not scary." I continue, "It's just I don't know how to deal with Shadow Dui, no one told me about him. Besides, all of this doesn't compare to how much I missed you." I lightly tap his arm with the back of my hand as I show a crooked smile, feeling my cheeks take on a light shade of pink. "S-so, I'm not scared at all. That's that.